Justice & Human Rights Justice & Human Rights

The Justice & Human Rights program is designed to enhance your knowledge within the field of international law and human rights. It will provide you with understanding of the legal aspects and political context behind major modern conflicts and human rights violations in Europe including Danish involvement, through the combination of readings, field studies and study tours, using the Balkans as a case study.

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The program is designed for students studying political science, international relations, law/pre-law, government, human rights, global studies, and similar fields.

Core Course

This course is an examination of human rights and the laws of armed conflict and how they apply to contemporary conflicts. The course seeks its inspiration in current events, and aims to enabling you to analyze events such as piracy off the coast of Somalia, the killing of Osama Bin Laden and recent armed conflicts in a legal context. You will get a thorough understanding of the legal aspects regulating modern conflicts and how they interact with the political environment. The course also examines the civil wars of the former Yugoslavia as a case study in preparation for the study tour to the Balkans.

Prerequisites: A course in international relations, or a course in human rights.

Study Tours

This tour will introduce you to Danish military and naval capabilities and their involvement and position in crisis areas. You will meet military officers and engage in academic conversations with students at a Danish university.

On this tour you will witness human rights violations first-hand and learn from numerous speakers about Europe’s reactions to these atrocities from an international human rights law perspective. You will visit the crucial war-torn areas that will bring to life classroom discussions of the armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. By visiting local politicians, NGO workers, academics and military officers, you will gain an understanding of the reality and practical concerns affecting the implementation of obligations under international human rights law.

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The Justice & Human Rights core course allowed me to explore law and politics inside and outside the classroom. During our study tour in Kosovo, we met prominent leaders in various international organizations, debated with dedicated personnel from NGOs and witness first-hand progress in Kosovo. Guided by professors with personal experience and expert legal knowledge, I can truly say this class has inspired me to pursue an international career.

Jenna Shi Yun Liang Tufts University
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What’s in it for You?

Pre-law abroad: Come to Copenhagen and acquire analytical skills needed to navigate the contemporary world while pursuing your interest in law and preparing for law school.

First-hand knowledge: The “Humanitarian Law and Armed Conflict” class is taught by two serving legal advisers with first hand experience from the conflicts on the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. It is rare for Danish military legal advisers to teach outside the Danish Defense, so this is a unique opportunity to gain knowledge about how the law affects the planning and execution of operations.

A solid understanding of legal method: The core class is focused around legal thinking and offers you tools to understand how legal method can be applied through real life examples and case studies.

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